Adverb Phrase (definition)

An adverb phrase is a phrase in which in the head (or leading member) is an adverb. An example in English is extremely quickly that consists of the intensifier extremely and the adverb quickly.

See Also

• Adverb (definition)

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverbial_phrase

References

• Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.